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Event
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In line carton printing
and converting
seminar
Organized by Omet at the
"Sonoco Packaging Institute"
in Clemson, South Caroline
(USA)
Last november 4th. 2011 was successfully
concluded the “in line carton
printing and converting seminar”, organized
by Omet at the "Sonoco Packaging
Institute" in Clemson, South Caroline
(USA).
Seminar was organized by a Team of Printing
and Converting Industry partners, including
Omet Italy and its US Branch, Omet
Americas, in cooperation with the Printing
Technology Team of Clemson University.
This educational Seminar was intended to
provide information on available technologies,
for a viable and cost effective production
of Cartons and other items, using a fully
integrated In Line solutions.
During the sessions, comprehensive information
on available technology and materials
has been provided to the audience, regarding
an alternative solution to traditional
sheet fed offset and off-line die-cutting and
stripping.
After mr. Tonkin (director at Sonoco Institute,
hosting the seminar) introduction speech,
works started with technical presentations
have been provided to explain all the elements
involved, including pre-press.
While Shawk! gave an interesting introduction
on prepress and color management,
topics related to printing plates choice (All
printing resources) rotary dies systems (Rotometrics),
anilox recommendation and selection
(Harper) have been discussed. , while
Environmental Inks provided guidelines on
ink formulations choice according final applications,
for both Uv or water base.
Final session was dedicated to Omet printing,
finishing and converting solutions provided
by the Varyflex Platform.
After the technical session, a printing
demonstration in Clemson's pressroom was
provided to the attendants. Varyflex 21"
press ran a variety of carton substrates, including
10 to 26 pt thick stock.
Alberto Redaelli, Omet International sales
manager , commented: "We are really
pleased with the opportunity to participate
this seminar. It is very important for Omet to
let the market know about our long-time experience
in manufacturing inline carton converting
system, which is confirmed by the
number of installations worldwide, for a variety
of applications".
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F&C
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